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1 NEWS ENGLISH LESSONS.com Vitamin pills may not be good for you MANY FLASH AND ONLINE ACTIVITIES FOR THIS LESSON, PLUS A LISTENING, AT: IN THIS LESSON: The Reading / Tapescript 2 Phrase Match 3 Listening Gap Fill 4 Multiple Choice 5 Spelling 6 Put the Text Back Together 7 Scrambled Sentences 8 Discussion 9 Writing 10 Homework 11 ALL ANSWERS ARE IN THE TEXT ON PAGE 2. 10th October, 2011

2 THE READING / TAPESCRIPT A new report says vitamin pills probably don t help us to live longer. Scientists from the University of Minnesota in America say taking vitamin pills does not prevent serious illnesses. The research team goes on to say that pills actually increase the death rate in older women. This could be bad news for the multivitamin industry in the USA. Americans spend up to $20 billion a year to supplement their diet. About half of U.S. adults take dietary supplements. The research team s survey asked about the use of vitamins A, B, C, D and E as well as minerals such as calcium and magnesium. Dr Jaakko Mursu said: "There is very little evidence showing that common dietary supplements would be beneficial in [stopping] major diseases." He added that if you eat healthily, you don t need vitamin pills, saying: "Include as many vegetables and as much fruit as you can they contain a whole lot of vitamins and minerals." More free lessons at News English Lessons.com - Copyright

3 PHRASE MATCH Match the following phrases from the article. Paragraph 1 1. vitamin pills probably don t help a. serious illnesses 2 prevent b. $20 billion a year 3. increase the death rate c. us to live longer 4. bad news for the multivitamin d. supplements 5. Americans spend up to e. industry 6. dietary f. in older women Paragraph 2 1. the use of vitamins a. healthily 2 very little b. A, B, C, D and E 3. beneficial in stopping c. minerals 4. eat d. as you can 5. as much fruit e. major diseases 6. vitamins and f. evidence More free lessons at News English Lessons.com - Copyright

4 LISTENING GAP FILL A new report says vitamin pills us to live longer. Scientists from the University of Minnesota in America say taking vitamin pills does not. The research team that pills actually increase the death rate in older women. This could be bad news for the in the USA. Americans spend up to to supplement their diet. About half of U.S. adults take. The research team s survey asked about A, B, C, D and E as well as minerals such as calcium and magnesium. Dr Jaakko Mursu said: "There is showing that common dietary supplements in [stopping] major diseases." He added that, you don t need vitamin pills, saying: " vegetables and as much fruit as you can they of vitamins and minerals." More free lessons at News English Lessons.com - Copyright

5 MULTIPLE CHOICE A new report says vitamin pills (1) don t help us to live longer. Scientists from the University of Minnesota in America (2) taking vitamin pills does not prevent (3) illnesses. The research team goes on to say that pills (4) increase the death rate in older women. This could be (5) news for the multivitamin industry in the USA. Americans spend up to $20 billion a year to supplement (6) diet. About half of U.S. adults take dietary supplements. The research team s survey (7) about the use of vitamins A, B, C, D and E as (8) as minerals such as calcium and magnesium. Dr Jaakko Mursu said: "There is very (9) evidence showing that common dietary supplements would be beneficial in [(10) ] major diseases." He added that if you eat healthily, you don t need vitamin pills, (11) : "Include as many vegetables and as much fruit as you can they contain a (12) lot of vitamins and minerals." Put the correct words from this table into the article. 1. (a) probable (b) probability (c) probably 2. (a) talk (b) say (c) speak 3. (a) series (b) serious (c) serial 4. (a) actual (b) actuality (c) actually 5. (a) bad (b) good (c) well 6. (a) they re (b) there (c) their 7. (a) asked (b) questioned (c) popped 8. (a) good (b) well (c) tasty 9. (a) little (b) tiny (c) small 10. (a) stopping (b) stops (c) stopped 11. (a) speaking (b) talking (c) saying 12 (a) hole (b) whole (c) holy More free lessons at News English Lessons.com - Copyright

6 SPELLING Spell the jumbled words (from the text) correctly. Paragraph 1 1. A new trepro 2. help us to live gonelr 3. akingt vitamin pills 4. ernvpet serious illnesses 5. snirceae the death rate 6. adults take edityar supplements Paragraph 2 7. The research team s yesvru 8. manrslei such as calcium 9. very little eveinced 10. rjaom diseases 11. eat yhitlehla 12. onancit a whole lot of vitamins More free lessons at News English Lessons.com - Copyright

7 PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER Number these lines in the correct order. ( ) evidence showing that common dietary supplements would be beneficial in ( ) rate in older women. This could be bad news for the multivitamin ( ) The research team s survey asked about the use of vitamins A, B, C, D ( 1 ) A new report says vitamin pills probably don t help us to live longer. Scientists from ( ) industry in the USA. Americans spend up to $20 billion a year to supplement ( ) need vitamin pills, saying: "Include as many vegetables and as much ( ) fruit as you can they contain a whole lot of vitamins and minerals." ( ) and E as well as minerals such as calcium and magnesium. Dr Jaakko Mursu said: "There is very little ( ) [stopping] major diseases." He added that if you eat healthily, you don t ( ) illnesses. The research team goes on to say that pills actually increase the death ( ) their diet. About half of U.S. adults take dietary supplements. ( ) the University of Minnesota in America say taking vitamin pills does not prevent serious More free lessons at News English Lessons.com - Copyright

8 WORD JUMBLE With a partner, put the words back into the correct order. 1. to probably us longer pills help live Vitamin don t. 2. not Taking prevent vitamin serious pills illnesses does. 3. Bad for multivitamin news the industry. 4. a Americans to billion up $20 year spend. 5.. adults take dietary supplements Half of U.S. 6. calcium as such minerals as well As. 7. There evidence little very is. 8. dietary would beneficial Common supplements be. 9. eat need If healthily pills, you vitamin you don t. 10. lot whole a contain They vitamins of. More free lessons at News English Lessons.com - Copyright

9 DISCUSSION (Write your own questions) STUDENT A s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B) Copyright DISCUSSION (Write your own questions) STUDENT B s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A) More free lessons at News English Lessons.com - Copyright

10 WRITING Write about vitamin pills for 10 minutes. Show your partner your paper. Correct each other s work. More free lessons at News English Lessons.com - Copyright

11 HOMEWORK 1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. VITAMIN PILLS: Search the Internet and find more information about vitamin pills. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about vitamin pills. Include imaginary interviews with doctors who are for and against vitamin pills. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles. 4. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles. 5. LETTER: Write a letter to a vitamin pill expert. Ask him/her three questions about vitamin pills. Give him/her three of your opinions on them. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Your partner will answer the questions you asked. More free lessons at News English Lessons.com - Copyright